BREAKING: Steve Bannon Ordered To Report To Prison In Coming Weeks

On Thursday, former Trump advisor and 'War Room' host Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1 to serve his four-month prison sentence after being convicted in 2022 for disobeying a congressional subpoena from the January 6 Committee. Judge Carl Nichols' ruling will result in Bannon becoming the second Trump advisor to be jailed for disobeying a congressional subpoena after Peter Navarro began his four-month sentence earlier this year.

Following the 2022 trial, the judge overseeing Bannon's case stayed his sentence to allow the former Trump advisor to appeal the decision. Bannon attempted to appeal his conviction last month, but the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected his efforts. Bannon has repeatedly said that executive privilege gave him the authority to not cooperate with congressional investigators; however, that argument didn't hold up with the judges. "Nothing in the authorities Bannon relies upon calls into question this court's longstanding interpretation of 'willfully'… as requiring a deliberate, intentional failure to respond to a subpoena," the court wrote.

During the Thursday hearing, the conservative commentator's legal team argued that Nichols lacks the authority to send Bannon to prison as the appeals process continues. However, that didn't stop the Biden Department of Justice from asking Judge Nichols to remove the stay on Bannon's sentence.

According to CBS News, Bannon's defense team argued that the judge should hold off on sentencing their client to prison because "the harm caused truly would be irreparable and unjust if the judgment, already fully executed, is then reversed on further review." 

In a podcast before his hearing, Bannon remained defiant. "I stand with Trump and the Constitution," he said. “Don’t pray for me. Pray for my enemies. They’re the ones who need it.”

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.

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